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Okay, now I DEFINITELY know there are scripts or bots involved. Just saw TA Kingdoms go from 60 to 0 in a second (and the deal itself lasted maybe 40 seconds total). TA Kingdoms is considered "meh", even by TA fanboys (like me :p), but it was under 2 bucks.

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In the 5 seconds it took me to decide whether I wanted to buy Nexus earlier, it had already sold out. Don't..... blink!

I managed to grab Nexus, but due to some glitch game didn't appear in my library. It took more time for me to compose a message to GOG support, than for them to respond and resolve the issue. I'm impressed.

I can't even get into the checkout page, even if I want to.
It's a nice idea that's going cause a lot of frustration and anger on GOG.

I think it's a great idea. GoG is going to get a lot of hits and a lot of attention from this, much of it positive. I had no problem getting Space Colony HD for $2.50. I think the sales are zooming by even faster than before - GOG may not have anticipated this kind of response. If I see Geneforge again, I'll probably try to get that. If I don't, I'm not going to be too upset. It's almost like a game.

The freebies are going to be hit-and-miss, but they're free and no one is owed a freebie.

Yeah, luck-based sales are not very smart. It's just leaving a lot of people very frustrated.

Then a lot of people are hilarious. No one owes them cheap games.

The thing that bothers me about this is that it puts us further down the "buying games as the ultimate game" hole, and feels very close to gambling. Press the button, get a pellet. It's encouraging and preying on poor impulse control.

It'd actually be pretty funny if people are using bots to grabs the cheaper games. Means GoG could put on the crappest games in their catalogue and just watch as assholes accidentally buy it.
However, I have a feeling that the counter tends to jump down rather than tick down because of how it updates itself. The free games will just be all about the fastest connection and reflexes though.

The thing that bothers me about this is that it puts us further down the "buying games as the ultimate game" hole, and feels very close to gambling. Press the button, get a pellet. It's encouraging and preying on poor impulse control.

By the same logic, nobody owes anyone freedom from having their poor impulse control preyed upon.